“Another blog is already hosted at this address” Error in Blogger Custom Domain Creation [solved]


Okay you are finally here after a chronic headache called “Another blog is already hosted at this address” ERROR! This often happens while moving our blogspot domain to a custom domain. Don’t panic and spoil your health, just do the following simple steps to get rid off that error! :)

  1. Sign-in to Google Apps account
    Sign-in URL – https://www.google.com/a/YOURDOMAIN.com/

  2. Go to Service Settings – then select Sites
    Another blog is already hosted at this address ERROR in Blogger Custom Domain Creation
  3. Click Web address mapping
    Another blog is already hosted at this address ERROR in Blogger Custom Domain Creation
  4. You could see a www address in that list. Select and Delete it.
    (Just proceed with all the delete warning and confirmations)
    Another blog is already hosted at this address ERROR in Blogger Custom Domain Creation
  5. Now go to your Blogger DashboardSettingsPublishingCustom Domain – then point your blogspot domain to the new custom domain!
    (Don’t forget to prefix www before your domain name)

IF THIS SOLUTION DOESN’T WORK, YOU CAN TRY OUT AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION PUBLISHED AT BLOGGERBUSTER.



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70 Responsesto ““Another blog is already hosted at this address” Error in Blogger Custom Domain Creation [solved]”

  1. lolI thought this disclaimer “IF THIS SOLUTION DOESN’T WORK FOR YOU, THEN GOOGLE “Another blog is already hosted at this address” and find another solution!” was pretty funny.You guys offer some great tips sometimes, but this one did not work.In my case no urls show up under the mapping section and so there is nothing to delete.

  2. JimmyH says:

    i’m with you, Brett… i don’t have any URLs under the mapping section either.

  3. Shafar says:

    @Brett Bumeter, @JimmyH
    Hey guys, please refer Blogger Buster’s post HERE if you still have that error..

  4. Falcon says:

    This is ridiculous… all the solutions say to “log into your google apps account”, but I’m not a business and I don’t have (nor want!) a Google Apps account! Seems to be a completely separate system with its own login that I don’t know… hell, Google Apps even acts like my blog address is in their system as well. That’s really annoying but I don’t know what the hell to do about it when every solution keeps telling me to sign in to something I never even signed up for.Talk about frustrating. I’m just trying to move my blog from being hosted on my home server, to being hosted with Blogger. Ugh!

  5. Shafar says:

    @Falcon
    Hi Falcon, don’t be too annoyed like this, be cool dear friend, there is a solution for every problem!Sounds like you tried to create a custom domain through Blogger/Google. I’m not sure about what kind of error you encountered actually. You can visit Blogger Help Group HERE or Blogger Buster’s post HERE, or try to google your problem! I hope you will find a solution.

  6. This was EXACTLY what I needed….THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. Shafar says:

    @Bartek Real Estate, @Woody Shakti
    Welcome to TipsBlogger! Glad that this solution worked for you guys! :)
    Regards..

  8. Woody Shakti says:

    with lots of effort to find some help and more detailed info how to redirect my blogger & custom domain and it failed but with your simple info i can tell wow this was exactly what i needed too !!! thanks thanks !!!

  9. John D says:

    Incredible.Very helpful tip.I was afraid that I had lost $10, lost my domain, and was going to have to go through a bunch of hassles (aka learning) in an effort to try to fix this problem.I was nervous as to if I was doing the right thing when the delete warning came up.Thank you again.

  10. Shafar says:

    John DEven I experienced this error and was afraid like you when the delete warnings were shown! When I found a solution, I thought to share it through this blog. Happy to hear that it worked for you! Keep visiting my blog! :) Regards..

  11. Admin says:

    Dear Shafar!Thank you soooo much for the tip! I did it! It works!

  12. New Mashable says:

    This was awesome man……
    I was trying the Whole day to solve this problem and Finally did it with your help

  13. @New Mashable
    Happy that I could help you! :)

  14. Anonymous says:

    Thank you so much! This worked :)

  15. Yes this is the solution. I tried all possible solutions but this is one worked for this problem. Thanx….

  16. irshad.ar says:

    yes..man thanku verymuch………. this is the r8 way…….thanks again

  17. carmen says:

    THANK YOU!!!!! this was the only thing that worked for me.. in an instant! solved months of headache!!

  18. Amar says:

    Dude, when I searched for a solution to this problem, you were the first result and your solution works, bingo!

    NOTE: Give about 10 mins from the time you successfully add your custom domain to Blooger to the time you will see it work. For these ~10 mins you will see an ominous “Forbidden http 403″ message but do not despair. Just wait for a few mins and you’ll be good to go.

    Thank you for documenting this suggestion in such clear detail!!

  19. Hi guys, glad that i could help you solving this problem. Sorry for not replying to you individually!Best Wishes n RegardsShafar

  20. Chuck Palmer says:

    ThankYouThankYouThankYou! This had me stuck for 2 hours. I really appreciate the effort you (and all the other great people) put into sharing this kind of information.

  21. Saurabh says:

    Thanks, it helped.

  22. Technical78 says:

    hi i have my domain http://www.erazwindows.com from some one i had setup every thing in my DNS but when i log in my blog n trying to custmize it show me error Another blog is already hosted at this address. wat i do plz help me by mail technical78@gmail.com

  23. @Technical78
    I have updated this post. Try now.

  24. Technical78 says:

    thnakx

  25. Shaik says:

    You are awesome man, I have created a domain recently and could not used since I crate due to error “Another blog is already hosted at this address”.

    Ad lost I have resolved it today. Thanks a ton :)

    Here is my blog: http://mybloggerplugins.blogspot.com/

  26. Lacey Baughman says:

    This was awesome and worked perfectly. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

  27. Merideth says:

    It worked! Thanks so much for sharing!

  28. Chrissy says:

    Oh my gosh! I have been trying for DAYS to get this to work, have seen so many other sites with super complex instructions that meant nothing to me. Saw this, tried this and in less than 5 minutes my problem was completely resolved. You are a life saver!!!

  29. @Chrissy
    Life Saver! Glad that I could help.
    Regards.

  30. @Merideth
    Good to hear that.

  31. @Lacey Baughman
    Glad I could help you. :)

  32. @Shaik
    You got a great blog. Enjoy blogging.

  33. tracy says:

    you, my dear person, are an absolute genius! i have been going round in circles trying to fix this for ages. i don't have a lot of expertise in these types of things so your guide with pictures was perfect. thanks again :)

  34. @Tracy
    Genius? Wow! Happy that I could help you. :)

  35. Tmorganvt says:

    Thank You Thank You Thank You! I've been struggling with this for months!!

  36. tianexx says:

    and now I am successful with my 3rd attempt in fixing this error!thank you for the helpful tips..

    (two thumbs up!)

  37. Hi friend !!!
    When I go to https://www.google.com/a/YOURDOMAIN.com/ ======>

    Server error

    Sorry, you’ve reached a login page for a domain that isn’t using Google Apps. Please check the web address and try again. Learn more

  38. Shafar says:

    @phone cell cases
    Hey replace ‘YOURDOMAIN.com’ with your web address.

  39. elle says:

    THANK YOU!! I’ve worked on this for over 4 hours spread over 3 days.

    THANK YOU again for the help!!!

  40. I’ve been going nuts waiting and wondering what’s going on with my new custom domain purchase. *Thanks* for publishing such an easy to understand quick fix!

  41. Frieda says:

    Thank YOU!! This error had me going around in circles, contacting my host and Google apps, who both couldn’t help me.

  42. Andrew says:

    THANK YOU.

    100x over.

  43. Ronen says:

    This didn’t work for me, but got me close. All I had to do was disable the Sites service completely in google apps and after a few minutes it was working. It seems with the Sites service it points your domain to a default google web site template. Had to turn it off. Thanks for the help!

  44. Junaid says:

    This was incredibly helpful. Thanks a lot for your help!

  45. Kira says:

    Thank you so much! This post was very helpful!

  46. OF3rd says:

    it worked. this was so helpful! thank you so much!

  47. mann says:

    Thank you very much for the tips. It work for me.

  48. Karen says:

    Yes, I, along with so many others, am most grateful for your easy to follow instructions. Thank you for helping us lowly ‘I don’t have a clue what I’m doing’ non-techy people :o )

  49. Kim says:

    Yay! This worked for me! Thanks so much!

  50. MG says:

    Thanks you ….this saved the day.

  51. Becky says:

    Thank you SO much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fixed my frustrating issue!

  52. Zafar Khan says:

    I cannot believe this. You have just saved me agony that was going to last for 48 hours as promised by Google’s solution. I moved from wordpress to blogger and was left high and dry.
    http://sajepress.com
    Thanks.

  53. Beth says:

    Thanks – this worked like a charm!

  54. thank youuuuuu!!!!!!!!

  55. Misty says:

    thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!

  56. Ashly A K says:

    Hi,

    this helped me today !!
    thanks a TON !!

  57. chris says:

    you are the king!

  58. Tina says:

    This was just what I needed. Thanks for putting the solution out there with easy to follow instructions!

  59. Tahnka says:

    You just helped me out. Thanks!

  60. You are a lifesaver. After hours of searching for the solution, I found this — and all is well! Thank you very much!

  61. Thank you so much Shafar! :) This helps me.

  62. Merilee says:

    thank you for your website…i was having a problem and just follow your instruction and i made it. thanks for your sharing or else until now i’m still nuts how to figure out all of this.

  63. Adriana says:

    THANK YOU! I was going crazy trying to figure this out. I read this followed your directions and 2 seconds later my problem was fixed.

  64. James Peter says:

    Thanks dear. I was searching for some good idea about that error, and you solved my issue. Thanks. Good Work. Now my blog is hosted on blogger.

  65. Shelby says:

    Thanks so much for this, after non-stop searching through the help forums.. this is what solved my problem!

  66. Sue says:

    Thank you!!
    I had been stuck with this problem for weeks. I had even uninstalled/deleted sites from Apps and was looking for a way to totally disable Apps.
    In the end, I had to re-enable Sites, add a domain mapping, then delete the recently created mapping. It works!
    Thank you again.

  67. Alan says:

    Planning to move to a custum domain,so can u guys suggest me a good domain provider?
    Thanx in advance.

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